At least 43 mayors earn more than six figures from taxpayer-funded jobs, according to an analysis by the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey.

Some mayors garnered all of their income from being mayor. Others didn't earn income as mayor but had salary or pensions from jobs as teachers, firefighters or police officers. Meanwhile, a third group collected their income from a combination of mayoral pay and other public jobs, some of which they found after being elected mayor.

The Network crosschecked pension and salary data from the New Jersey Treasury Department with lists of New Jersey's 565 mayors and their public financial disclosure forms.

Of course, all of these salaries are paid for with tax dollars. Whose property tax bills hurt the most? Check out the video at the top of the page.

Here's a look at mayors who make more than $100,000 from public jobs:

43. Lakehurst Mayor Harry Robbins, $100,054

County: Ocean

Population: 2,673

Robbins earns $6,480 as mayor with the remainder of his public pay coming from his job as operations manager at Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority.

42. Kearny Mayor Al Santos, $102,522

County: Hudson

Population: 42,029

Santos earns $10,150 as mayor, but the bulk of his public pay comes as clerk for the Hudson County Board of Freeholders.

41. Lower Township Mayor Erik Simonsen, $104,636

County: Cape May

Population: 22,272

Simonsen is the athletic director at Lower Cape May Regional School District. He earns at least $2,000 from Lower Township.

40. Clayton Mayor Thomas Bianco, $106,990

County: Gloucester

Population: 8,386

Bianco earns at least $2,000 from Clayton and the Gloucester County Utilities Authority. But the nearly $107,000 listed above comes from Bianco's job as the director of Business & Economic Development for Gloucester County.

39. Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman, $107,012

County: Middlesex

Population: 23,966

Reiman earns all of his public salary from his job as mayor, according to his financial disclosure form.

38. Wharton Mayor William J. Chegwidden, $111,390

County: Morris

Population: 6,586

Chegwidden earns $12,610 as mayor with the remainder coming from his salary as a history teacher in Morris Hills Regional School District.

37. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, $114,000

County: Hudson

Population: 261,666

Fulop has been the mayor of New Jersey's second largest city since 2013, but his salary, in some cases, is less than mayors of towns that are significantly smaller. His salary listed here is from 2017.

32. Mantua Township Mayor Pete Scirrotto, $118,280

Scirrotto earns $4,348 as mayor and another $113,932 as the superintendent of buildings and grounds in Gloucester County.

31. Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, $119,000

County: Passaic

Population: 146,894

Sayegh was elected as mayor this spring, taking office July 1. A year ago, former mayor, Jose "Joey" Torres, was sent to prison after being convicted on corruption charges. Retired clerk Jane Williams-Warren filled the remainder of Torres' term before the next election.

30. Hamilton Mayor Kelly A. Yaede, $119,230

County: Mercer

Population: 88,829

Yaede, the only female mayor on the list, earned all of her public income from her mayoral salary.

29. Califon Mayor Charles Daniel, $120,600

County: Hunterdon

Population: 1,340

Daniel earns at least $2,000 from Califon. Most of his income comes from his job as the chief financial officer in 10,200-population Kinnelon, where he's worked since 2017.

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Jackson Township mayor Michael Reina speaks at a construction site along Route 537 in Jackson Township Wednesday, June 27, were ground was broken on a $21 million sports and entertainment project on 150 acres next to Six Flags Great Adventure.(Photo11: Thomas P. Costello)

27. Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, $123,384

Vauss' financial disclosure forms show his income comes solely from Irvington.

26. Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac, $125,860

County: Middlesex

Population: 101,131

McCormac earns all of his public salary from being mayor.

25. Lake Como Mayor Kevin Higgins, $127,336

County: Monmouth

Population: 1,463

Higgins took over as mayor this year after former mayor Brian Wilton stepped down to take a job in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. Higgins' public salary comes from his job as an assistant principal with Monroe Township Schools. His financial disclosure form shows no income from Lake Como.

24. Camden Mayor Francisco "Frank" Moran, $130,000

County: Camden

Population: 76,005

Moran was sworn in as Camden's new mayor in January. This year, Camden City Council also approved a new mayoral salary that's significantly higher than the $102,000 former mayor Dana Redd earned.

23. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, $130,722

County: Essex

Population: 280,139

Baraka is the mayor of the largest city in New Jersey, but he does not make the largest paycheck even if you rank earnings on mayor's pay alone. His financial disclosure form shows his mayoral salary as his only income.

22. River Edge Borough Edward J. Mignone, $132,508

County: Bergen

Population: 11,586

Mignone is the assistant borough engineer for Fort Lee, which accounts for most of his public pay. He also earns at least $2,000 from River Edge.

21. Prospect Park Mohamed T. Khairullah, $133,988

County: Passaic

Population: 5,919

Khairullah earns $4,128 as mayor and another $129,860 as a teacher with Passaic County Vocational Schools.

20. Montclair Mayor Robert D. Jackson, $134,200

County: Essex

Population: 38,130

Jackson is the director of humans resources for Essex County, which accounts for the bulk of his public pay. He also earns $7,000 as mayor.

19. Little Ferry Mayor Mauro Gaguseo, $134,500

County: Bergen

Population: 10,868

Gaguseo is the executive director of the Bergen County Improvement Authority, a public job that nets him $127,500. He earns $7,000 as mayor.

18. Somerdale Mayor Gary J. Passanante, $136,562

County: Camden

Population: 5,362

All of Passanante's public salary comes from his role as mayor, his financial disclosure forms show.

17. Berkeley Mayor Carmen Amato, $138,946

County: Ocean

Population: 41,554

Amato earns his public pay from three different government jobs. As mayor, he gets a $25,000 salary. He's also the director of Ocean County's Printing and Graphic Art Department, where he earns $108,942. He also collects $5,004 as the Ocean County Utilities Authority.

16. New Brunswick Mayor James M Cahill, $139,736

County: Middlesex

Population: 56,427

Cahill earns $40,000 as New Brunswick's mayor and collects another $99,736 a year in a pension after serving as an attorney for various New Jersey agencies.

15. East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green, $141,556

County: Essex

Population: 64,621

Green took office as mayor in January. He was previously an East Orange councilman and the director of Housing and Building Construction in nearby Irvington but resigned that post after becoming mayor.

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14. Beachwood Mayor Ronald F. Roma, $145,770

County: Ocean

Population: 11,153

Roma earns $20,400 as Beachwood's mayor and another $125,370 as the director of security for Ocean County.

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13. Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora, $146,061

County: Mercer

Population: 84,559

Trenton City Council approved pay increases for the mayor two years ago during the administration of former mayor Eric Jackson. The last pay bump took effect this year, which is also when Gusciora, a former assemblyman, was elected and took office.

Riverdale Mayor Paul M. Carelli(Photo11: SANDY STUCKI, Sandy Stucki)

12. Riverdale Mayor Paul M. Carelli, $146,428

County: Morris

Population: 4,206

Carelli earns $12,000 as mayor of RIverdale and another $134,428 as the administrator of Caldwell, population 7,967.

11. Matawan Mayor Joseph Altomonte, $151,775

County: Monmouth

Population: 8,894

Altomonte is a firefighter in Jersey City, which accounts for his public salary. His financial disclosure form shows he earns at least $2,000 each from Matawan and Jersey City Public Schools.

10. Washington Township Robert Klingel, $152,112

County: Warren

Population: 6,500

Klingel earns the bulk of his public pay as the IT director for Somerset County. His financial disclosure form also shows he earns $2,000 from the township.

7. Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, $169,262

Bollwage earns $160,562 as mayor as well as $8,700 as an adjunct professor at Kean University.

6. Mendham Borough Mayor Neil Henry, $175,750

County: Morris

Population: 5,012

Henry earns $175,750 as the business administrator and chief financial officer in Boonton — population 4,300 — after working in a similar position in Long Hill. His financial disclosure form shows no mayoral pay in Mendham Borough, where he's serving his final term as mayor. He did not seek re-election.

4. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, $191,880

County: Hudson

Population: 65,772

Davis retired as a Bayonne police captain after winning the mayoral post in 2014. He's collecting a pension of $119,880 from his law enforcement career as well as the $72,000 mayor's salary. Davis was re-elected as mayor this spring.

3. West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta, $192,750

County: Essex

Population: 10,845

Tempesta collects about $6,000 as mayor of West Caldwell. He earns another $186,750 as the administrator of nearby East Hanover in Morris County, which has a population of just over 11,000.

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Superintendent Philip Guenther addresses the student, faculty and taff of the Atlantic County Institute of Technology Friday November 14 at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology. The school was one of nine school's in the state to receive a NCLB Blue Ribbon School Award. Staff Photo / Max C. Levine(Photo11: Gannett New Jersey file photo)

2. Brigantine Mayor Philip Guenther, $197,044

County: Atlantic

Population: 9,239

The bulk of Guenther's pay, about $186,000, comes from being superintendent of Atlantic County Vocational Schools. He earns $11,044 as mayor of Brigantine — for now. Guenther did not seek re-election to the post.

1. North Bergen Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco, $269,428

County: Hudson

Population: 62,791

Sacco remains the mayor who makes the most from taxpayers even after retiring last year from his highest paying job at North Bergen Board of Education. Sacco now collects a monthly pension of $17,119, which would translate to more than $205,000 over a year's span. He makes $15,000 as the North Bergen mayor and another $49,000 as the state senator for the 32nd Legislative District.

Susanne Cervenka: @scervenka; 732-643-4229; scervenka@gannettnj.com

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